Ellen Donaldson

Couples navigating resentment they can’t name, teenagers pulled in too many directions, adults who scroll through hundreds of messages each day yet feel like no one truly sees them — these are the people Ellen Donaldson has spent 25 years sitting with. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Norman, Oklahoma, she works with men, women, adolescents, and couples facing anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship breakdown, and the slow erosion that happens when connection stays surface-level for too long.

Ellen brings a holistic lens to every case, working from the understanding that change rarely stays contained: when something shifts in one part of a person’s life, it tends to move through the rest of it. Her clinical toolkit includes cognitive-behavioral therapy, assertiveness training, stress management, chemical dependency counseling, and EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — a method she has used and refined for over 15 years, with particular effectiveness for trauma, PTSD, and complicated grief. She also facilitates two women’s groups and an individualized Anger Management Program.

Ellen holds licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Alcohol and Drug Counselor, is a Master Addictions Counselor, and is a Certified EMDR therapist. Online sessions are available.